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Five Comedies of Aristophanes
by Aristophanes; Rogers, Benjamin Bickley (Translator; Chiappe, Andrew (Editor); Gorey, Edward (Typographer)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1955. First Paperback . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Gorey, Edward; Frasconi, Antonio. Contains "The Birds, The Frogs, The Clouds, The Wasps," & "Lysistrata." Contains Rogers' complete, unabridged translation & original introduction & notes. 343 pages. Of special interest to Edward Gorey completist collectors, this is another Anchor paperback (A57) for which he did the typography (NOT the cover illustration; this is by Antonio Frasconi). First Anchor Edition. Mass market paperback is generally very clean, pages white with discoloration to exterior edges only; binding extremely tight & square (feels never opened). Teeny chip to fore edge side of front cover & to heel of spine, heavy tanning to front cover, old price sticker residue over price in top outer corner of front cover, smudges along top outside page edges. Nicely protected in new Free mylar collector bag. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008505
- Title
- Five Comedies of Aristophanes
- Author
- Aristophanes; Rogers, Benjamin Bickley (Translator; Chiappe, Andrew (Editor); Gorey, Edward (Typographer)
- Illustrator
- Gorey, Edward; Frasconi, Antonio
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperback
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Doubleday Anchor
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- GOREY ILLUSTRATORS ILLUSTRATION TYPOGRAPHY ART COLLECTIBLE VINTAGE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Paperbacks; Performing Arts: Theater/Dance/Music & Musicians; Illustrated Books/Illustrators / Edward Gorey;
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La Mesa, California
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